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• (Stillborn) HOVEN, Delfzijl Groningen Netherlands († 1908)
• Alberdina Schoute, Amsterdam
• Albert van den Hove d'Ertsenrycke, Charleroi († 1940)
• Agnes Margaretha barones Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Utrecht (UTR) NL († 1991)
• Agnes Margaretha Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Utrecht († 1991)
• Albertus Antonius Johannes Duits, Slijk-Ewijk
• Albertus Antonius Johannes Duits, Slijk-Ewijk, Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• Aartje Sterk, Heukelum († 1985)
• Adrianus van Eck († 1972)
• ???? (parents French & Gately) French († 1908)

• Andreas Frederik Nieuwboer (0), Hoorn,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijlsma (31), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Francisca Wellens (0), Heppen, Limburg, België
• Apollonia Hoffman (36), IL
• "Megchelina" Mechelina Mechelina (91), Zeelst, NL
• Adrianus Ludovicus Bronckaerts (73), Olen, België
• Ariaantje Broere (79), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Gerrit de Jong (56), Zwiggelte Westerbork Drenthesmilde
• Adriaan Beentjes (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Adriaan Leenderts (69), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1905 » Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist († 1964)
• 1905 » Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1905 » Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1906 » Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player († 1981)
• 1908 » Al López, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1909 » Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player († 1978)
• 1909 » André Morell, English actor († 1978)
• 1910 » Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch († 1961)
• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)
• 1913 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)

• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

The temperature on August 20, 1908 was between 11.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.